Autopsy-detected diagnostic errors over time in the intensive care unit

We evaluate the evolution over time of discrepancies between clinical diagnoses and post-mortem findings in critically ill patients, and to assess the factors associated with these discrepancies. We conducted a prospective study of all consecutive patients who underwent autopsy autopsies in a medical-surgical ICU between January 2008 and December 2015. Among 7.655 patients admitted to our ICU, 671 (8.8%) died. Clinical autopsy was performed in 215 (32%) patients. Major missed diagnoses were noted in 38 patients (17.7%).

Source: Human Pathology - March 9, 2018 Category: Pathology Authors: Eva E. Tejerina, Rebeca Padilla, Elena Abril, Fernando Frutos-Vivar, Aida Ballen, Jos é María Rodríguez-Barbero, José Ángel Lorente, Andrés Esteban Tags: Original contribution Source Type: research